Pavilion idea gets a thumbs-down

•No Name: “I think the mini-Eastern Market is a waste of time. You already have vegetable sales on the opposite side of the river. The city manager is making plans for property that the city doesn’t even own and there’s no place to park down there.”

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•Wayne from the Port Huron Host Lions Club: “To Becky from Kimball Township: You can call Don Dudash at 982-5706 and he is in charge of eyeglasses. He will pick them up from you.”

•No Name: “I agree with you about Art Van’s not the place for a park. However, I’m worried about Kiefer Park where we do the Rockin’ the Rivers. After those new condos are built, I wonder how long before they start complaining it’s too much noise for them.”

•No Name: “On this amphitheater: I think it’s a good idea down the road. I think they should take that money and start fixing the roads in and around the city. And why take the farmer’s market away from Vantage Point? No wonder Mr. Acheson left and doesn’t want to fix the parking lot. The city of Port Huron treats him like dirt.”

•Downtown Port Huron Resident: “Your editorial on the Art Van property is dead-on spot. Mr. Freed, if you have all that money to throw around down there, why did you take the block grant money to resurface the parking lot? You could have took the $1.1 million you’re proposing to take out of the downtown TIFA to build this pipe dream. Take that TIFA money and resurface the parking lots downtown. Use that money instead of using the block grants that are supposed to go back to the neighborhoods.”

•Cathy from Port Huron: “A couple years ago we were this poor little town, now suddenly we have more money than we know what to do with. It would seem to me that it involves more than just the people who live downtown and the people that have businesses downtown to make a decision about Quay Street or the Sisbro building. This should be put to a vote. This money could be going to the sewer project, which we still owe a lot of money on.”

•No Name: “As a lifelong resident of Port Huron, I appreciate the Times Herald’s comment on the Art Van building but I also just can’t understand why we would want to compete with the successful farmer’s market at Vantage Point. I think this is a disgusting move on the part of city administration.”